The folks at Wood County Parks are transferring the geocaching permit oversight from their rangers to their naturalists. Our new contact there is Craig Spicer. He'd like me to remind everyone who owns caches in Wood County Parks that your permit expires the end of each calendar year, and you need to resubmit if you want to leave the cache out.

Other Wood County Parks news:• There is no longer a "ground level" requirement, so we can hide wheelchair-friendly caches• The "no metal container" rule is non-negotiable. No metal.• Zimmerman School is being moved up to Carter Farm this winter. Craig is going to try to change the coordinates on the virtual there, but there is some uncertainty about whether Groundspeak allows that. If you're into collecting virtuals, old caches, or historic sites, you might put that one on your short list.• Craig is also considering requiring (and providing) official stickers for larger caches (micros would be allowed an exception). He asked for my opinion - I have none, personally. If you have thoughts on that, let me know and I will relay them. Or you could email him yourself, if you'd prefer.

As for stickers, drift away could require several per year. It has a history of drifting away when the river floods in the spring. I try to time it to allow maximum play but sometimes wait slightly too long. There is also usually a muggling around walleye season.